name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
wythe
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/wɪθ/
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/waɪθ/
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/wɪθ/ reportedly also
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/wɪð/ reportedly also
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rhymes with -aɪθ
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CMU ARPABET: W AY1 DH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry
Examples
- That wall has to be at least three wythes of brick to support your load.
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noun
Meaning 3
A partition between flues in a chimney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
Uncertain. * Perhaps an alteration of width. * Perhaps related to withe (“flexible twig; band of twigs”), from Old English wiþþe (“tie, band”). The chimney-partition sense may derive from the fact that a single wythe or thickness of brick has often been used for such partitions.